Ithaca is...well, a lot of things

Introduction
Any conservative student should stay far away from Ithaca. It's full of hippies. IF you hate liberalism, you're homophobic, or you think men are in any way better than women, you'll get your ass kicked here. By pacifists. Beware.

On a more frivolous note, a second warning: if you go outside with wet hair, it'll freeze. Don't do it.

Campus Life and Social Life
Ithaca Mens' sports suck. For some reason, the Womens' teams are much more successful. Although we are Division 3, so what does that say about us? Hmm.

One bummer about the bar scene in Ithaca is that they card HARD. Make sure you have a fantastic fake, or make some upperclassmen friends. As for parties, they're easy to find, but oftentimes you'll end up buying your own alcohol (see above requirements: great fake or old friends), which is different from schools where the booze flows free to all. Advertisement
Academics
The school caters most publicly to its Music, Theatre, and Communications students, but the Political Science and History Departments are pretty kickass too if you can deal with the uber-liberal professors in both.

That said, the Sociology Department blows. If this is your thing, steer clear of IC.

Student Body
Most of the students at Ithaca are from New York, Pennsylvania, Jersey, Connecticut, or Massachusetts. So they're vocal, talk fast, and aren't afraid to speak their collective minds. You can't help but love 'em, communism, drugs, lame bands and all.

In Closing...
You can make amazing friends here. As for meeting the love of your life - not that anyone does that at college anymore - guys will have better luck than girls. That is to say, the girls here are hot and dateable, but according to my female friends it's hard to meet quality guys. Luckily for me, as a dude, that's not my problem!